The Role
Washes dishes, utensils, pots, and pans while following sanitation procedures. Assists with beverage service and salad preparation, cleans dishwashing and dining areas, communicates with supervisors and coworkers, attends required training, and supports a safe, respectful environment for residents and staff. The role requires basic English and math skills, safe kitchen equipment use, physical stamina, flexibility for rotating shifts and weekends, and completion of ServeSafe training upon entry.
Summary Generated by Built In
Position Purpose
The primary purpose of this position is to wash dishes, utensils, and pots and pans, following good cleaning and sanitization procedures.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Policies and Procedures
- Maintain confidentiality of residents and potential residents, resident family members, coworkers, and Immanuel Living.
- Understand and support the philosophy, policies, and standards of Immanuel Living and the Nutrition Services Department.
- Maintain quality of resident care, including compliance with Facility and Nutrition Services Department policies and procedures, and State and Federal guidelines.
- Follow facility and department policies and procedures.
Position Duties
- Possess a high degree of personal cleanliness and hygiene.
- Assist in washing dishes, pots and pans, while following good cleaning procedures.
- Assist in pouring beverages and preparing salads.
- Perform cleaning duties in the dishwashing area and dining rooms.
Documentation and Communication
- Communicate with supervisor and participate in training and/or meetings that help facilitate. departmental communication process.
- Communicate with others in a considerate manner.
- Attend and participate in in-service educational classes, on-the-job training programs, etc., as scheduled or required.
- Attend staff and departmental meetings, as directed.
Other Duties & Responsibilities
- Function effectively as a team member.
- Maintain understanding, patience, and tact in dealing with residents, resident families, and coworkers.
- Maintain good working relationships with other staff.
- Ensure maintenance of a safe living and working environment for residents and staff.
- Maintain regular work attendance and follow established work schedule but maintain flexibility. Days and hours of shifts are rotated accordingly; weekends may rotate as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Language
- Read, write, and speak basic English
- Read and comprehend basic instructions and present information to others
- Read, interpret, and write routine reports and correspondence
Mathematical
- Basic counting skills
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide simple numbers
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Specialized Office Equipment
- Operate multi-line phone to place, receive or transfer calls, or to retrieve voice mail messages.
Specialized Kitchen Equipment
- Utilize, in a safe manner, kitchen equipment that enables position to wash kitchen dishes and utensils.
Other Required Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities
- Ability to effectively work and communicate with a wide range of individuals from all socio-economic groups, including geriatric residents and people with special needs.
- Ability to read, interpret, and implement documents, such as governmental regulations, rules, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and effectively manage workflow.
- Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints from residents and/or employees.
Professional Licenses or Certifications Required by Law, Rule, or Regulation for Performing this Position
- Completion of Serve Safe™ program upon entry into this position.
Education and Experience
- Graduation from high school or GED preferred
Essential Physical, mental, and Emotional Requirements
- The employee must be at least 16 years of age. This position cannot perform any duties outside this job description that may require the employee to be at least 18 years of age.
- The employee must be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and be able to work under time and/or deadline pressures.
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to stand at least 90% of the shift; use hands to finger; handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, bend, squat, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear.
- The employee must frequently lift up to 10 pounds, occasionally to frequently lift up to 20 pounds, occasionally lift up to 35 pounds, and rarely lift up to 50 pounds.
- The employee must occasionally reach above shoulder height, occasionally reach from chest to shoulder, frequently reach from waist to shoulder, and occasionally reach below waist level.
- The employee must occasionally push / pull up to 20 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required of this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Supervision
- This position operates under close supervision of a supervisor that assigns and checks work and sets the timing and the sequence of work performed.
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Decisions
Impact of Decisions and Errors Made by Position
- Decisions and/or errors primarily affect other employees in the Communities, but on occasion may affect all employees.
Judgment Required in Decision-making
- Job duties typically involve frequently changing conditions and problems, requiring considerable judgment in applying factual background and fundamental principles to the development of approaches and techniques for the solution of problems.
Exception Authority
- This position cannot authorize exceptions to Corporate policy or procedure.
Personal Contacts
- In an effective manner, this position maintains daily contact and interaction with coworkers, but not the public. Weekly or infrequent interaction with the public may occur.
- This position interacts with department managers and administrators on a daily basis.
Working Conditions
- This position works in a temperature-controlled facility environment.
- This position is exposed, on a weekly or less frequent basis, to the following: biological fluids (including but not limited to vomit, urine, and feces), blood-borne pathogens, upset and/or angry residents and/or family members, risk of cuts, burns, shock, or other minor injuries (not requiring hospitalization); unpleasant substances, odors, or noises.
Skills Required
- Basic ability to read, write, and speak English
- Basic counting and arithmetic skills
- Ability to follow written, oral, and diagram-based instructions
- Ability to safely operate kitchen dishwashing equipment
- Ability to work with residents, families, coworkers, and people with special needs
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and manage workflow
- Completion of ServeSafe program upon entry
- High school diploma or GED
- Must be at least 16 years old
- Ability to stand for at least 90% of the shift and perform required lifting, reaching, bending, and pushing
- Availability for rotating shifts and weekends as needed
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The Company
What We Do
Immanuel Living is a locally owned and managed, not-for-profit Life Plan Community in Kalispell, Montana. It serves older adults through independent residential living, assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitative and post-acute care, and other senior-focused services. Its mission is to create vibrant communities, meaningful relationships, and purposeful living, with additional personalized in-home support designed to enhance seniors’ quality of life in their own homes.
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